The University of Abuja community is in mourning following the tragic death of Murjanatu Zubairu, a 400-level student in the Department of Arts Education within the Faculty of Education. Zubairu lost her life in a car accident on the Lugbe – Airport Road in Abuja. Her uncle, Zubairu Yewuti, a former vice chairman of Kwali Area Council of the FCT, confirmed her demise to journalists on Monday after her whereabouts were unknown from Friday until then.

According to Yewuti, the accident occurred last Friday around 8:34 p.m. and involved a Toyota Sharon bus near the Dunamis Church along Airport Road. The bus, traveling at high speed, unexpectedly caught fire, resulting in the immediate death of four individuals, including Zubairu. Her family received the heartbreaking news from Murjanatu’s relatives, who identified her body at the mortuary of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital.

Efforts to reach Zubairu after she left home at Piwoyi on her way to school were futile, leading her parents to contact Yewuti for information. Despite the family’s efforts to locate her and the subsequent report of the incident to the university management and security agencies, Zubairu’s life was tragically cut short in the accident.